Biology:Lampsilis bracteata

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Lampsilis bracteata
Texas Fatmucket.jpg
Two Texas fatmuckets
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Lampsilis
Species:
L. bracteata
Binomial name
Lampsilis bracteata
Gould, 1855

Lampsilis bracteata, also known as the Texas fatmucket,[2] is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States . Historically the Texas fatmucket had populations in at least 18 rivers in the upper Colorado, Guadalupe, and San Antonio River systems in central Texas.[3]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3016499 entry